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‘Hidden’ fire extinguished by crews

Salt Spring Fire Rescue (SSFR) personnel prevented a home at 185 Arnell Way from being destroyed by fire on Monday, July 22, after responding...

New fire hall site work resumes

As officials mark a spending milestone, the metaphorical sound of crickets at the future site of Salt Spring’s new fire hall is coming to...

CRD mulls regional harbour service and tax

Regional district directors have asked for options to develop a service that might address the proliferation of private mooring buoys within Capital Regional District...

Fire danger now ‘extreme’

The fire danger picture on Salt Spring can be complicated, according to officials, but as the boundary of an “extreme” alert crept south to...

Bittancourt hospital staff project advances

A housing project for health care workers on Salt Spring is moving forward, and organizers hope to harmonize part of their work with expected...

Island life

ArtSpring fair yields more than funds

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON For ArtSpring The big story for ArtSpring last week may have been the record-breaking $127,000 outcome of its most important fundraiser of the...

Vesuvius “fire” teaches important lessons about preparing for disaster

Story by Carol Volkart Photos by John Denniston The fire was fictional, but its lessons were real. When first responders descended on Vesuvius in a surge of...

Treasure Fair fundraiser breaks record

BY KIRSTEN BOLTON FOR ARTSPRING Treasure Fair, ArtSpring’s largest annual fundraiser, has smashed its own record from 2023 with proceeds now north of $125,000 being raised...

Gulf Islands online events calendar created

SUBMITTED BY SALT SPRING ARTS Salt Spring Arts (SSA) and the Southern Gulf Islands Tourism Partnership (SGITP) have collaborated to create and launch a community...

Arts & Entertainment

Painters mount summer show

SUBMITTED BY SSI PAINTERS’ GUILD The Salt Spring Island Painters’ Guild’s 52nd annual Summer Show and Sale opens at ArtSpring at 10 a.m. on Thursday,...

Roly Poly String ensemble performs

SUBMITTED BY MUSIC MAKERS The island’s music lovers are sure to be enchanted by the upcoming concert in the Tea à Tempo series in All...

David Storm and Bill Morrison on tap

SUBMITTED BY MUSIC MAKERS Music Makers welcomes the return of two popular local musicians at the Tea à Tempo concert at All Saints church on...

Photo of the Week

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Sun rises on the morning of July 21 on the Salt Spring Farmers’ Institute grounds where some 90 Cycle of Life Tour cyclists camped overnight as part of their fundraising ride for hospice organizations on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.  

Photo by Tracey Vandek

Do you have a photo you would like to submit for Photo of the Week? Send it, along with caption information, to news@gulfislandsdriftwood.com. 

 

Opinion

Editorial: Keep fire hall project moving

For several weeks, Salt Spring Islanders have been asking, “What’s the reason for the delay on the new fire hall?” Honestly, to us, the delay...

Viewpoint: Queer elders needed

By ROBERT BIRCH  An elder taught me that slowing down by just five per cent makes all the difference. Learning how to slow down enough...

PRIDE 2024: Still far to go to ensure safety and freedom for all 2SLGBTQIA+ people

BY DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE SALT SPRING ISLAND BOARD MEMBERS Nobody’s free until everybody’s free.  ~ Fannie Lou Hamer Pride is a longstanding and beloved event in our...

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Obituaries

WILSON, Keith C.

Born in Ottawa on March 8, 1942, only child of Alice and Jack Wilson, beloved husband of Shelley. A kind and gentle man, Keith...

BYRNE, Grace (Young)

Grace attended the University of Alberta, where she received a BSc with Honours in Physics, a rare achievement for a woman at that time....

More news

Bloom estate provides $9.93-million gift to Royal Roads University

UPDATED from original posting on July 14: The estate of a Salt Spring Island resident has provided the largest single donation to Royal Roads...

Salt Spring couple’s kind and adventurous nature recalled 

UPDATED from original posting on July 12: The kindness and adventurous spirit of a Salt Spring Island couple are being remembered this week, as...

Churchill Beach advisory anomaly explained

A statistical artefact is to blame for regional officials keeping a water quality advisory in place for more than a month at one Salt...

Campfire ban as of July 12

As summer heats up, B.C. officials have announced campfires will be prohibited province-wide beginning at noon Friday, July 12.  The notice came Tuesday through the...

New ER equipment fundraising goal smashed

The 33rd annual Lady Minto Hospital Foundation (LMHF) golf tournament was the most successful fundraising event to date, according to organizers, raising well above...

Wastewater shows rising COVID-19 levels

From reduced service hours to cancelled social plans, if it feels like everyone on the island knows someone coming down with COVID right now,...

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